Spot rare wildlife, soak in a hot spring and sail in a frozen wonderland on Japan’s northernmost island.

of Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) is full steam ahead again after two years. A demonstration ride was provided on the morning of Jan. 18. The train sounded its whistle, then slowly departed ...

Hong Kong director-producer Johnnie To has been scouting locations for a new action movie in northern Japan, leading to hopes ...

But this sleepy city tucked away on the west coast of the island of Hokkaido has become the latest flashpoint in Japan’s ongoing battle against overtourism. Local authorities recently deployed ...

If it felt like everyone you knew had been on holiday to Japan in 2024, it was because they probably had. According to the country’s tourism agency, a record 36.9 million people travelled to ...

Kennedy Jr. about controversial comments they said he had made in the past. And over and over, President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of health and human services either denied having ...

Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward has reproduced a rare map from 1947 that shows how the postwar U.S. occupation of Japan had dominated and sprawled across the places locals walk past every day. It proved to ...

Night - Clear. Winds from WSW to W at 12 to 15 mph (19.3 to 24.1 kph). The overnight low will be 37 °F (2.8 °C). Flurries with a high of 43 °F (6.1 °C) and a 42% chance of precipitation. Winds ...

As most travelers know, Tokyo is huge. The city is urban sprawl at its most overwhelming, making finding the best places to eat, shop, see, let alone sleep, a downright chore. The city is broken ...

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across ...

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